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Divisive campaign on South Australian facility highlights urgent need for long term nuclear waste management plan

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Tilman Ruffon: November 05, 2020In: environmental health, Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, Indigenous health, Public health and population health, rural and remote health, Social determinants of health

Introduction by Croakey: Federal Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keith Pitt this week thanked the people of Kimba for their time this week to discuss the National Radioa... Read more

As UN nuclear ban treaty enters into force, time for Australia to address its role and history

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Ruth Mitchellon: October 26, 2020In: global health, Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, human rights, Indigenous health, public health, Public health and population health, Social determinants of health

** WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this post contains the image of a deceased person ** Introduction by Croakey: On October 24, 2020, the UN Treaty on... Read more

Who is worrying about future generations? Young people

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Eileen Phoenix Aquino Lamon: August 12, 2020In: #CroakeyYOUTH, cancer, environmental health, global health

I don’t want my children and future generations to inherit a nuclear wasteland. Do you?” Posing the question is Eileen Phoenix Aquino Lam, a recent Master of Public Health graduate fro... Read more

Some useful resources re Japan, journalism and radiation

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: March 17, 2011In: disasters, environmental health, global health, media-related issues, public health, trauma

Below are some resources that may be of interest/use in relation to the disaster in Japan, including advice for journalists, fact sheets on radiation and risk perception more broadly, and so... Read more